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News

Aboard the Lifeboat — or Cruise Ship — of ID

_{George Montañez
June 12, 2026
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Scientific Freedom}

It takes persistence to remain on board. Not everyone is cut out for the life of a maligned academic.

Video

The UFO Disclosure: What Does It Mean for God?

Endowed with the Image of God — Nancy Pearcey: Nancy Pearcey; June 8, 2026; Faith & Science

Created Equal with Dr. Ben Carson: John G. West; May 25, 2026; Intelligent Design

Tell-Tale Signs of Bogus Science about the Origin of Life: The Center for Science and Culture; May 20, 2026; Intelligent Design

Is America a Creedal Nation? The Real Meaning of the Declaration of Independence: John G. West; May 11, 2026; Religion and Civic Life

ID the Future

How Muscle Function Demonstrates Nested Irreducible Complexity

_{Robert P. Waltzer
June 10, 2026
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Today on ID The Future, host Andrew McDiarmid concludes his conversation with Dr. Robert Waltzer about the amazing molecular machinery and systems that allow muscles to generate force and movement. How do microscopic structures help us move large objects in real time? In Part 2, Dr. Waltzer explores the remarkable molecular engineering required for nanometer-scale molecules to move massive bodies. He explains that muscle function actually involves constant microscopic damage as tiny proteins are strained far beyond their physical capacities. To prevent total failure, Waltzer says muscles operate like a plane being fixed while it’s flying, utilizing specialized detection and signaling systems to replace large proteins at an astonishing rate: sometimes as frequently as every 25 seconds! Waltzer unpacks key structures in muscle, including the intricate Z-disk that functions like a biological shock absorber or mattress box spring. Waltzer argues that the extreme order and nested irreducible complexity found in these systems defy unguided evolutionary explanations. Instead, the sophistication, coordination, and complexity of muscle function points to intelligent design as a more adequate explanation. This is Part 2 of a two-part conversation.

The Genius-Level Engineering Solutions in Muscle

_{Robert P. Waltzer
June 8, 2026
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Every movement you make—walking across a room, lifting a cup of coffee, even blinking your eyes—depends on trillions of microscopic molecular machines working in remarkable coordination. On this ID The Future, host Andrew McDiarmid begins exploring the hidden machinery of muscle with Dr. Robert Waltzer, professor of biology at Belhaven University and longtime researcher and lecturer on intelligent design. First, Dr. Waltzer takes us to right to the microscopic heart of muscle. Then he explains how muscle solves the formidable engineering challenge of repairing and replacing damaged muscle components in real time. This is Part 1 of a two-part conversation.

Dr. Scott Minnich on the Real Science Behind E. coli “Evolution”

_{Scott Minnich
June 5, 2026
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Evolutionary biologist Richard Lenski hopes to demonstrate Darwinian evolution in action. But one humble scientist from Northern Idaho says not so fast! On this classic episode of ID The Future from the archive, host Eric Anderson concludes a conversation with microbiologist Dr. Scott Minnich. In Part 2, Dr. Minnich critiques Lenski’s famous Long Term Evolutionary Experiments. Through experiments of his own, Minnich has shown how the practical results of Lenski’s project on E. coli are easily repeatable under different conditions, and how some key changes to E. coli are even reversible, both of which speak more to an organism’s pre-existing capabilities than to a Darwinian explanation. “Overall, [Lenski’s] E. coli haven’t generated anything new,” observes Minnich. “They’re getting rid of stuff they don’t need…they have hyper mutational rates…but in the long run, that’s not an advantage, because you’re just going to acquire too many mutations, and that’s the road to extinction.”

Events

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Endowed By Our Creator

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Join Discovery Institute for a special evening with Senior Fellow, Managing Director, and Vice President John G. West as he presents his latest book, Endowed by Our Creator: The Bible, Science, & the Battle for America’s Soul. Held at Smith Tower, this timely discussion comes as our nation approaches its 250th birthday, offering a compelling opportunity to reflect on the ideas that shaped America’s founding.

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Seminar on Intelligent Design in the Natural Sciences

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The CSC Seminar on Intelligent Design in the Natural Sciences will prepare participants to make research contributions advancing the growing science of intelligent design (ID). The seminar will explore cutting-edge ID work in fields such as molecular biology, biochemistry, embryology, developmental biology, paleontology, computational biology, ID-theoretic mathematics, cosmology, physics, and the history and philosophy of science. The seminar will include presentations on the application of intelligent design to laboratory research as well as frank treatment of the academic realities that ID researchers confront in graduate school and beyond, and strategies for dealing with them. Although the primary focus of the seminar is science, there also will be discussion on worldview …

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C.S. Lewis Fellows Program on Science and Society

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The C.S. Lewis Fellows Program on Science and Society will explore the growing impact of science on politics, economics, social policy, bioethics, theology, and the arts during the past century. The program is named after celebrated British writer C.S. Lewis, a perceptive critic of both scientism and technocracy in books such as The Abolition of Man and That Hideous Strength. Topics to be addressed include the history of science, the relationship between faith and science, the rise of scientific materialism, the debate over Darwinian theory and intelligent design, evolutionary conceptions of ethics, science and economics, science and criminal justice, stem cell research and abortion, eugenics, family life and sexuality, ecology and animal rights, climate …

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News

Aboard the Lifeboat — or Cruise Ship — of ID

Wishing Away the Hard Problem of Consciousness

Paper on Human Behavior: No “‘Souped-Up’ Ape”

More Functions Reported for Repeat “Junk” DNA

When Bumblebees Cheat at Games

When the Experts Disagree…

Video

Endowed with the Image of God — Nancy Pearcey

Created Equal with Dr. Ben Carson

Tell-Tale Signs of Bogus Science about the Origin of Life

Is America a Creedal Nation? The Real Meaning of the Declaration of Independence